My sons knife: A joint project 2

My oldest son, has moved away, at the age of 16! It is kind of weird not having him around every day.

Luckily its just for one year.
You may know that I have helped my kids with creative projects before, Both my daughter, in this post , and my other son in this post. This time it was the oldest of the boys.
He started at an "Efterskole". As far as I know this kind of school is fairly unique for Denmark.
It is a boarding school in the sense that the kids go to live at the school for the entire year. Otherwise its not much like a typical boarding school. Usually its one year at the end of secondary school.
My son Decided on a school that specialize in outdoor living and adventure sports. Thus he needed a good knife

He had a knife already but he wanted one with a "scandinavian" profile, which apparently means a flat ground edge instead of a hollowground.
He was home this weekend, and asked if I was able to make him such a knife before he had to return to the school today.
I took the challenge and set about getting there.
It was pretty much touch and go, but I found a ready made blade (not one of mine) and so I "only" had to make a handle and a scabbard.
Since it was such a tight deadline, I did not have the time to take any photos during the making, which I regret now. I do have a tendency to forget the documentation, when I get caught up in these projects, and even more so when I have a deadline.

You will have to make do with these shots I managed to get before my son took the knife with him back to the school.

The blade is a swedish stainless steel blade, a Frosts Lapplander 90.
It was given to me by one of my fathers friends who had heard that I made knives, and who had a small collection of blades and materials that he didnt have any use for anymore.
The handle was made from bronze and yew. I made every part of the handle from scratch. My son was given the task of sawing out 2 pieces of bronze from a bar, while I fitted the woodscales and and cut out the leather for the scabbard.
While sawing, he got the idea to let the rough surface of the bronze bar stay, on the side that faced the blade. This turned out very nice I think, and gives the otherwise very neat design a bit of rough edge.
The scabbard was cut from hard thick leather, and sewn together using flaxtwine. This gives a very durable scabbard, and when treated with either wax or oil, it should last for years. Someday I will make a howto scabbard making post. I just need to remember to get some pictures of the process first.
My son was given the task of finishing the polishing and oiling, and we managed to get the knife ready for his departure today, even though it will still need a few coats of oil before it is totally done.

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